Fans would accept female Assassin's Creed protagonist

Ubisoft hasn't ruled out the possibility of creating a female protagonist for a future Assassin's Creed title, with Revelations senior level designer Falco Poiker stating he believes fans would accept such a move.

Asked how fans would react to introducing a female lead character, Poiker said: "Very well. I don't get to make these decisions but we know that the courtesan in multiplayer is the most popular multiplayer character so I have faith that people would respond well.

Lead scriptwriter Darby McDevitt added: "We'd always want to go back a few generations. You know, like, when Assassin's Creed was first created, Animus 1.0, the Templar's animus really put Desmond in the place of Altair because that was the simple way of trying to keep the subject's mind intact by not throwing them for a loop. In this we have some explanations in this game about avatar projection where you can scale how much or how little you look like your avatar depending on how much the subject responds psychologically to the transfer. So we've now gone away from this idea - we could have Desmond play as a woman. He might have to have some strange quips when he came out of it like "that feels weird". But yeah, I think we could get away with it. If we didn't make a big deal of it."

Poiker had more to say on the matter: "I don't know how far people go in imagining that Desmond is Ezio. When I play the game I feel like I'm following the story of Desmond and I'm following the story of Ezio. And so, I'd love the play a female character. Like, as long as she was cool and badass and moved well. You know, I mean, it would be fun to hear those quips. It would be fun to have Desmond come out of the animus and say something and that would help you tie the two together."

Assassin's Creed Revelations will be released November 15 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.